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Cancer Survivorship

A Birdȉs Eye View from an Insider

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As is now well known, the numbers of cancer survivors has increased considerably over the past decade and with aging trends in the population there is every reason to assume that this number will increase.

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  1. Michael Feuerstein
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  1. Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Michael Feuerstein Ph.D, MPH, ABPP

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Feuerstein, M. (2007). Cancer Survivorship. In: Feuerstein, M. (eds) Handbook of Cancer Survivorship. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34562-8_1

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